Tonight three writers will read from work-in-progress. Poet, Ros na Rún scriptwriter and broadcaster Cathal Póirtéir will read from his forthcoming first novel Toil an tiarna. Set in Donegal during the Great Famine, it tells the story of a bitter conflict between a Protestant landlord and Catholic priest as they struggle for control of a small community. Lorcán S Ó Treasaigh is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Céard É English? His most recent novel, Cnoc na Lobhar, explores the shifting nature of memory as an old man recalls the complex strands of his life. Réaltán Ní Leannáin will read from Josefina, her forthcoming novel that follows a young Maltese woman’s fortunes from the slaughter at Gallipoli to the Troubles in 1920s Belfast.